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Hugh Beaumont

Acting

Born February 16, 1909

Died May 14, 1982

Also known as Eugene Hugh Beaumont

Biography

Eugene Hugh Beaumont was an American actor. He was best known for his portrayal of Ward Cleaver on the television series Leave It to Beaver, originally broadcast from 1957 to 1963, and as private detective Michael Shayne in a series of low-budget crime films in 1946 and 1947.

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Filmography43 titles

Reaching from Heaven

1948as Bill Starling

The Racket Man

1944as Police Sgt. 'Irish' Duffy

Los Angeles Plays Itself

2003as George Copeland in The Blue Dahlia (archive footage)

South of Panama

1941as Paul Martin

The Mississippi Gambler

1953as Kennerly (uncredited)

Practically Yours

1944as Film-Cutter (uncredited)

Mannix

1967as Frank Abbott

Leave It to Beaver

1957as Ward Cleaver

Crossroads

1955as Reverend Clifton R. Pond

Four Star Playhouse

1952as Padre

The Lone Ranger

1949as Rev. Randy Roberts

Objective, Burma!

1945as Capt. Hennessey

Lux Video Theatre

1950as George

Railroaded!

1947as Police Sergeant Mickey Ferguson

The Blue Dahlia

1946as George Copeland

Marcus Welby, M.D.

1969as Jim Wagner

Wagon Train

1957as Jed Halick

Letter to Loretta

1953as Editor of Manhattan Magazine

Adventures of Superman

1952

The Virginian

1962as Maj. James Carlton

Night Passage

1957as Jeff Kurth

Du Barry Was a Lady

1943as Footman (uncredited)

Phone Call from a Stranger

1952as Tim Brooks

The Seventh Victim

1943as Gregory Ward

Lassie

1954

Wild Stallion

1952as Capt. Wilmurt

Topper

1953as Ed Merrill

The Last Outpost

1951as Lt. Fenton

Tokyo Joe

1949as Provost Marshal Major (uncredited)

Petticoat Junction

1963as Ronnie Beckman

Go for Broke!

1951as Chaplain

Blood on the Sun

1945as Johnny Clarke (uncredited)

Hell's Horizon

1955as Sgt. Al Trask

Bombardier

1943as Soldier

Hopalong Cassidy

1952

The Mole People

1956as Dr. Jud Bellamin

Home Town Story

1951as Bob MacFarland (uncredited)

Apology for Murder

1945as Kenny Blake

Money Madness

1948as Steve Clark

Cavalcade of America

1952as Father Werr

The Lady Confesses

1945as Larry Craig

Climax!

1954

The Human Duplicators

1965as Austin Welles